Saturday, August 11, 2012

What Went Wrong: Well, for starters, Matt Cain is pretty good at pitching. Once the Rockies got behind 4-0, this one was pretty much in the books. However, Drew Pomeranz didn't have his best stuff today and the bullpen was unable to keep things relatively close, so chalk this one up as another one-sided thrashing.

Buster Posey was out of the Giants lineup on Friday, but he's the guy who really got to Pomeranz on Saturday. His single leading off the 2nd set up that mini-rally which was capped by two-out RBI singles from Joaquin Arias and Matt Cain (the 8-9 hitters). Posey then hit a two-run homer in the 3rd to cap the scoring against Pomeranz. Just kind of a blah outing that could have gone either way had he been allowed to go beyond 73 pitches.

With Dexter Fowler telling the Michael Phelps story (AGAIN) over the entire highlight. I think I've heard the story 12 times over the past two weeks.What's Next: A winning series and winning road trip will be on the line Sunday afternoon at 2:05. Alex White (2-6, 5.75) will look to build on his four shutout innings in Los Angeles last Tuesday. He'll be opposed by Barry Zito (9-8, 4.19). Could be halfway interesting.

Final Thoughts: Pretty short, sweet recrap for a basic Rockies defeat. We've seen quite a few just like this one, so you just file it away and move on to the next.